Micro QQ 1



Know your bugs!!




  1. This bacterial structure has a keratin-like coat and is made up of dipicolinic acid?


    2. capsule

    flagellum

    spore

    glycocalyx



  2. All of the following diseases are caused by exotoxins EXCEPT?


    3. Meningococcemia

    Tetanus

    botulism

    diphtheria



  3. What occurs during the "log phase" of the bacterial growth curve?


    4. metabolic activity without division

    rapid cell division

    nutrient depletion slows growth

    nurtient depletion and buildup of waste products leading to death



  4. This bugs exotoxin blocks the release of the inhibitory neurotransmitter glycine?


    5. C. botulinum

    C. perfringens

    C. tetani

    Bacillus anthracis



  5. Which of the following does not Gram stain well?


    6. S. Aureus

    E. coli

    Bordetella pertussis

    Legionella pneumophilia



  6. Why doesn't Treponema Gram stain well?


    7. too thin to be visualized

    intracellular parasite

    no cell wall

    requires acid-fast stain



  7. Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces what color pigment?


    8. red

    yellow-blue

    purple

    blue-green



  8. Which of the following bugs produce IgA proteases?


    9. Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Neisseria gonorrhea

    Haemophilus influenzae

    all of the above



  9. Gram positive cocci, catalase negative, gamma hemolytic?


    10. S. Viridans

    S. agalactiae

    peptostreptococcus

    S. epidermidis



  10. Gram positive cocci, catalase positive, coagulase negative, Novobiocin resistant?


    11. S. aureus

    S. saprophyticus

    Listeria

    S. pyogenes